Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets
Regular seasonFinal
Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Denver Nuggets 122
Ball Arena · Denver, CO
The Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-118 on January 18, 2023 at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 31 points; Jaden McDaniels scored 18 for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
 Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony EdwardsG | 37 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 7-17 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -12 |
| Kyle AndersonFQuestionable, expected back Oct 10 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -12 |
| Jaden McDanielsF | 34 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -1 |
| D'Angelo RussellG | 32 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -4 |
| Taurean PrinceF | 32 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 |
| Naz ReidF-C | 26 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4-9 | 0-5 | 9-10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | +2 |
| Luka GarzaC | 17 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
| Jaylen NowellG | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +14 |
| Wendell Moore Jr.G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| Nathan KnightF-C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| Team | 239 | 118 | 36 | 26 | 42-81 | 12-32 | 22-28 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
DNP: Karl-Anthony Towns, Jordan McLaughlin, Josh Minott, Rudy Gobert, Matt Ryan, Bryn Forbes, Austin Rivers
 Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-PopeG | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +18 |
| Jamal MurrayGQuestionable, expected back Oct 6 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 10-18 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -13 |
| Bruce BrownG | 33 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7-11 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +10 |
| Nikola JokicC | 31 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 12-20 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | +21 |
| Aaron GordonF | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +10 |
| Michael Porter Jr.F | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 |
| Nah'Shon HylandG | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Zeke NnajiF-C | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -13 |
| Vlatko CancarF | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 |
| Christian BraunG | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| Team | 240 | 122 | 34 | 27 | 45-85 | 8-21 | 24-32 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
DNP: Jeff Green, Collin Gillespie, Peyton Watson, DeAndre Jordan, Ish Smith, Jack White, Davon Reed
Season series
MIN 2, DEN 2- Jan 2Denver Nuggets 111, Minnesota Timberwolves 124
- Jan 18 · this gameMinnesota Timberwolves 118, Denver Nuggets 122
- Feb 5Denver Nuggets 98, Minnesota Timberwolves 128
- Feb 7Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Denver Nuggets 146